Improvement in reed-organ cases



l. R. LOMAS.

Reed Organ-Cases.

N0 150,87l. Paten'ted'MaylQnM.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

JOHN It. LOMAS, OF NEW HAVEN, CONNECTICUT, ASSIGNOE TO BERNARDSHONINGER, OF SAME PLACE.

IMPROVEMENT IN REED-OR'GAN CASES.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 150,871, dated May 12,1874; application filed April 22, 1874.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that LJoEN R. Loi/ms, of New Haven, in the county of NewHaven and State of Connecticut, have invented a new Improvement inLamp-Brackets for Reed-Organs," and I do hereby declare the following,when taken in connection with the accompanying drawings and the lettersof reference marked thereon, to be a full, clear, and exact descriptionof the same, and which said drawings constitute part of thisspecification, and represent, in-

Figure 1, a perspective View of the inside of one of the abutments of areed-organ with the bracket turned down; Fig. 2, a perspective View ofthe same with the bracket turned up; and in Fig. 3, a vertical section.

This invention relates to an improvement in organ-cases, the objectbeing to arrange a lamp-bracket on the abutments at the ends of thekey-board, which, when not required for use, may appear as an ornamentin the panel; and it consists in hin ging the ornament in the panel, sothat it may be supported against the panel when not in use, and may beturned down and supported against the panel when required to hold thelamp.

Ais the frame, which forms the inside of the abutment at each end of thekey-board, its form variable, and corresponding to the form or shape ot'the abutment. B is the panel.

The bracket C consists ot' any suitable panel ornament, preferably of ashell form, its lower edge flat and at right angles to the inner surfaceof the bracket. This bracket is hinged to the panel, as seen in Figs. land 3. Its inside surface is fiat, so that when turned down, as seen inFigs. l and 3, it will be supported by the lower edge of the bracket,and serve to support the lamp, as in Fig. 3; but, when not required foruse, it may be turned up against the panel, as seen in Fig. 2, and inbroken lines, Fig. 3, and appear only as a panel ornament.

While specially intended'for reed-organs, this invention may be appliedto other musical instruments with equal advantage, the bracket being anornament when not in use, and yet, when required, supporting the lamp ina convenient position.

I claim as my invention- In combination with the abutment ot a musicalinstrument, the bracket C,;hinged to the said abutment, so as to beturned up against the same and form an ornament thereon, or turned downat right angles thereto to form a bracket for a lamp, substantially asdescribed.

JOHN R. LOMAS.

Witnesses:

A. J. TIBBITs, J. H. SHUMWAY.

